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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Arecaceae: Gulubia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00057892
Type Status	Type
Collector	L. J. Brass
Collector number	5887
Country	Papua New Guinea
State	Western
Geography	Oceania: Papuasia (Region): Papua New Guinea: Western
Locality	Oriomo River, riverbank forest fringe, alt. 5 m.
Date Collected	1934-03-**
Elevation	5 m
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a85997b8-e66c-4340-a4e6-1e4bb9ed150d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00057892
Herbarium	A
Family	Arecaceae
Type Status	Type
Type of	Gulubia costata var. gracilior Burret
Determination Remarks	[is filed under name]
Taxon Reference	(for Gulubia costata var. gracilior Burret) Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1936. 13: 81.
Subcollection	Fruit collection
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Bag
Preparation Method	Dried

Remarks

Extremely tall and slender species, old trees often towering far above the general level of the forest; trunk 25.5 m. in lenght, 22 m. diameter near base and 10 cm. diameter close below the leaves; many trees a great deal taller than this, crown rounded and composed of 16 fully developed leaves; rhachis and pinnae midribs on upperside yellowish; average leaf lamina 2.2 m., petiole 35 cm., sheathing base 75 cm.; 5 lateral panicles all in fruit, crowded close below leaves; fruit purple when ripe, prominently marked and slightly costate with 10-12 whitish longitudinal lines.